To the editor: I’m conflicted on many points of the immigration issue. I don’t need to see massive round-ups and detention facilities, as have been advised.
What appears to be manifestly lacking from the dialog is that companies are federally prohibited from hiring undocumented individuals. How about we begin by implementing the legal guidelines on the books? If they’re lawful everlasting residents with inexperienced playing cards or the like, go away them alone. If they’ve Particular person Taxpayer Identification Numbers in California, transfer on or change that provision. Advantageous and jail the employers who rent and revenue and probably benefit from these illegal immigrants. Then possibly the legal guidelines will change to profit all.
Understandably Trump is pro-business — and merciless to the much less lucky — so this will likely by no means get resolved.
Gina Lovin, Vista
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To the editor: Attention-grabbing article. Why aren’t there articles about farm and restaurant house owners making use of for work visas, nonimmigrant NAFTA Skilled (TN) visas, or different employment visas for his or her workers?
Marcia Barnett, Santa Barbara
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To the editor: In mild of President-elect Donald Trump’s push for mass deportation, the view on immigrants has develop into dehumanizing and demonizing. The language used in the direction of immigrants needs to be introduced in a brand new mild, to not dehumanize them.
Trump refers to immigrants as “criminals” and “murderers” who’re a menace to our nation. For years, undocumented immigrants have been given phrases like “illegals” and “aliens,” solely additional perpetuating worry and division.
We’ve turned on our nation’s beliefs, inscribed on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your drained, your poor, your huddled plenty craving to breathe free.” Moderately than acknowledging their contributions, immigrants are framed as threats to security and the financial system. They’ve contributed to our financial system as laborers, customers and altruistic staff, and in return, we’ve exploited their labor drive and profited from their nations’ shopper base.
By pushing for mass deportation, Donald Trump solely reinforces the oppression of the poor and dealing class, fueling discrimination.
Karina Mora, El Monte
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To the editor: The wealth of countries now will depend on the dimensions of their populations — when you don’t imagine that, please take a look at China and India. These nations are not Third World nations due to the dimensions of their populations. They’re difficult the USA in wealth on account of their populations.
Those that contribute to the financial system have to be acknowledged as a respectable a part of our nation; to do in any other case is suicide. Purple states are killing themselves with their applications to deport them. They, greater than another industrial states, want them to develop their economies. Cease the madness!
Glenn Shockley, Winnetka
